New royalty announced at Coshocton & Tuscarawas Lamb & Fleece Improvement Association banquet
Fifty people attended the Coshocton & Tuscarawas Lamb & Fleece Improvement Association banquet on Thursday evening, Nov. 29 at the Fresno United Methodist Church. 2013 ambassadors were introduced following the meal and speakers. Pictured left to right are; Brittany Schaefer, 2013 Sr. Ambassador, Emma Anderson, 2013 Jr. Ambassador, Morgan Bosley, 2012 Jr. Ambassador and Rachel Lozowski, 2012 Sr. Ambassador. (Beacon photo by Mark Fortune)
FRESNO Brittany Schaefer and Emma Anderson were introduced as the 2013 Senior and Junior Coshocton & Tuscarawas Lamb & Fleece Improvement Association ambassadors at the annual banquet, which was held on Thursday evening, Nov. 29 at the Fresno United Methodist Church. With fifty in attendance, the group was served a delicious meal of roast lamb, baked potato, green beans, rolls, pie and beverages by the ladies of the church.
Guest speakers were Chris Zoller of the Tuscarawas County OSU Extension Office and Emily Adams of Coshocton County OSU Extension. The two shared results of their respective county fairs, livestock sale results, champion lamb winners and discussed upcoming events important to the members. Emily thanked especially Lynn Wells for providing the photos used in a power point of the 2012 Coshocton County Fair lamb and lead class participants, sheep fitting and other lamb related photos from the fair.
Doran Gordon talked about the lamb and wool market, mentioning that the market is expected to be fairly stable in 2013 and that the vast majority of wool is exported.
Farm Credit Mid-America, Roscoe Village General Store, Olde Village Meats and the Greg & Jan Rice family provided donations for the evening.
The lamb and fleece improvement association for Coshocton & Tuscarawas committee members are; Emily Adams, Elaine Ashcraft, Beth Anderson, Don Brown, Tyler Cline, Doran Gordon, Amanda Lautenschleger, Malinda Lorenz, Justin Specht and Mary Thomas.
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